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  • DOD taps Auburn research, Coosa County minerals to help with a critical supply chain need

    DOD taps Auburn research, Coosa County minerals to help with a critical supply chain need

    December 9, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    (A U.S. Army unmanned, eight-wheeled, all-electric, all-terrain transport vehicle equipped with an enhanced surveillance package. U.S. Army photo.) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN […]

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  • Alabama National Guard pins its first female Army Ranger

    Alabama National Guard pins its first female Army Ranger

    December 8, 2024

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    ARMY

    By Spc. Angelina Tran Alabama National Guard FORT MOORE, Ga.— Surrounded by friends, family, mentors and peers, U.S. Army Capt. Allison Miller, a […]

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  • Agency accounts for all Sailors, Marines from USS Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor

    Agency accounts for all Sailors, Marines from USS Oklahoma sunk at Pearl Harbor

    December 7, 2024

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    NAVY

    Editor’s note: Several Alabamians were killed while serving on board the USS Oklahoma when it was attacked at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, […]

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  • Space Command HQ should be decided… sans politics

    Space Command HQ should be decided… sans politics

    November 28, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, OPINION, SPACE FORCE

    COMMENTARY/ANALYSIS By Troy Turner Editor, senior consultant AlaDefense.com A multi-billion-dollar question of national security sits on the table. Along with its answer comes […]

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  • Columbus, Ga., veteran-owned company lands $600 million Air Force contract

    Columbus, Ga., veteran-owned company lands $600 million Air Force contract

    November 26, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS

    *********************** STORY UPDATE: Similar details reported in this 2023 story were presented in a renewed contract announcement made by the Department of Defense […]

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  • The movie Gladiator’s small but meaningful connections to Alabama

    The movie Gladiator’s small but meaningful connections to Alabama

    November 26, 2024

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    (Editor’s note: This story originally published in May 2024.) By Troy Turner [email protected] Movie goers are reveling this month over the 24th anniversary […]

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  • USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park names former Navy commander as new executive director

    USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park names former Navy commander as new executive director

    November 19, 2024

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    MOBILE — The USS Alabama Battleship Commission announced Tuesday evening that Commander Mark J. Fields, U.S. Navy (Ret.) of Tuscaloosa, will become the […]

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  • Missile Defense Agency taps Auburn University for latest in string of DOD-Auburn research partnerships

    Missile Defense Agency taps Auburn University for latest in string of DOD-Auburn research partnerships

    November 14, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    (Photo: The Auburn University Research and Innovation Campus, located at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville.) By Troy Turner [email protected] AUBURN – The Department of […]

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  • Mobile company Waterman Transport will service two Navy-chattered vessels for Antarctica mission

    Mobile company Waterman Transport will service two Navy-chattered vessels for Antarctica mission

    November 12, 2024

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    COAST GUARD, CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Navy has awarded Waterman Transport Inc., based in Mobile, two contracts totaling more than $17 million for a […]

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  • Rep. Mike Rogers is on the shortlist for secretary of defense, and that could bode well for Alabama

    Rep. Mike Rogers is on the shortlist for secretary of defense, and that could bode well for Alabama

    November 9, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, ARMY, COAST GUARD, CYBERSECURITY, MARINES, NAVY, SPACE FORCE

    (Photo: Rep. Mike Rogers, center, during a 2017 visit to Ukraine. DOD photo.) STORY UPDATE: President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday evening announced in […]

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  • ‘Hemisphere’ mission to include Huntsville companies for share of $2.5 billion contract

    ‘Hemisphere’ mission to include Huntsville companies for share of $2.5 billion contract

    November 8, 2024

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    AIR FORCE, CONTRACTS, CYBERSECURITY, SPACE FORCE

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The U.S. Space Force has awarded a complex, $2.5 billion contract to a dozen high-tech companies tasked with providing […]

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  • Alabama Shipyard chosen for post-shakedown work on Navy’s new oiler, USNS Harvey Milk

    Alabama Shipyard chosen for post-shakedown work on Navy’s new oiler, USNS Harvey Milk

    November 1, 2024

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    CONTRACTS, NAVY

    By Troy Turner [email protected] The Navy has awarded Alabama Shipyard LLC, based in Mobile, a potential $26 million contract to perform post-shakedown work […]

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